Book Review - Home Networking - The Missing Manual by Scott Lowe

Contents: Part 1 - Setting Up Your Network: Planning
Your Home Network; Creating a Wired Network the Ethernet Way; Setting Up
a Wireless Network; Setting Up a Powerline NetworkPart 2 - Using Your Network: Using the
Network with Windows Computers; Using the Network with Macintosh Computers;
Mixing Macintosh and Windows Computers; Fun and Games with Your Network;
Using Your Network on the RoadAppendix: The Macintosh Keychain; Multiple
User Accounts in Mac OS 9Index

My lack and fear of networking is well-known
amongst my geek friends. It's one of those things I don't get and
pretty much don't dabble in, either. I won't tell you how long I
had a cat-5 cable snaking up my basement stairs and across the kitchen
floor in order to do Internet Connection Sharing with the computer that
had the internal DSL modem. And I was *proud* to have figured that
much out! With this book, I would have purchased the wireless router
*much* sooner, and I wouldn't have paid the cable guy $50 for screwing
in the cable modem as the "install". Lowe takes what can
be a daunting subject and simplifies it enough that even non-geeks can
follow along. There are plenty of pictures, and the instructions
are clear and concise. And by including both PC and Mac networking,
you should be able to use the information in this book regardless of your
operating system preference...

As a computer geek (just not one that does
networking), I was highly impressed that he included electrical system
networking. This seems to be one of those technologies that's on
the cusp of becoming mainstream, but just hasn't bridged that chasm yet.
While I don't think that'd be my first recommendation to someone
unless absolutely necessary, it's nice to see it included as a viable option
for the adventurous. Well done...

If you have more than one computer at home
and you've been putting off networking them together due to lack of knowledge,
delay no longer. Grab a copy of this book, and get "hooked up"
in no time...

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